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Prevention of Crevice Corrosion of STS 304 Stainless Steel by a Mg-alloy Galvanic Anode  

Lim, U.J. (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong Univ.)
Yun, B.D. (Graduate School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong Univ.)
Kim, J.J. (Materials Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
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Corrosion Science and Technology / v.5, no.3, 2006 , pp. 90-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Prevention of crevice corrosion was studied for STS 304 stainless steel using a Mg-alloy galvanic anode in solutions with various specific resistivity. The crevice corrosion and corrosion protection characteristics of the steel was investigated by the electrochemical polarization and galvanic corrosion tests. Experimental results show that the crevice corrosion of STS 304 stainless steel does not occur in solutions of high specific resistivity, but it occurs in solutions of low specific resistivity like in solutions with resistivities of 30, 60 and $115{\Omega}{\cdot}m$. With decreasing specific resistivity of the solution, the electrode potential of STS 304 stainless steel in the crevice is lowered. The potential of STS 304 stainless steel in the crevice after coupling is cathodically polarized more by decreasing specific resistivity indicating that the crevice corrosion of STS 304 stainless steel is prevented by the Mg-alloy galvanic anode.
Keywords
stainless steel; crevice corrosion; cyclic polarization; cathodic protection; Mg-alloy galvanic anode;
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